Sunday, October 11, 2009

I've Had All I Can Stands

I can't stands no more!For adoption:

One slightly soggy porcupine.Expands to (almost) normal size dog when shaken out.Can be modeled after your favourite female superhero:as well as programmed to "talk"This dogupine is part of our "Action Pack"but is offered as a single unit.Miss Maeven is officially listed for adoption :(

I'm sad. But I can't say Piper's sad.

Free! I'll be free!Awww shit. GET OUTTA HERE, MAEVE!And while I'm Mad Teeth(tm)ing Maeve 6 ways from Sunday, could you please ask Tweed WTF he's doing in the shot?Read my teeth. I. HATE. YOU.*sigh* One day I will be Maeve-free.WTF? Are you still here?

:::sigh::: I just love Maeve, her facial expressions and her big ears (and the white side of her face) remind me so much of my white shepherd, Grace. If I could take her, I would -- in a heartbeat -- except that we're in Colorado! :o(

I'm curious because our biggest hurdle (besides being how many thousand miles away from Maeve?) is a cat that doesn't do so well with being chased. She has established a somewhat shaky truce with our other dogs, but our white shepherd likes to herd (read: gently chase) the cats, and it took her a while to learn how to deal with that. We recently had a year-old stray yellow lab for a few days while we got him into a no-kill shelter, and he was a big-time kitty chaser. Cleo was upset for days after he left.

Ah, well. I'm not so sure we have the right household and lifestyle for a young BC, anyway. :o(

Maeve is just a camera magnet, but your description of her on the TDBC Rescue site is an excellent reminder that looking at a photogenic dog is one thing. Living and working with a hyper-active, hyper-intelligent border collie day in, day out is quite another matter. As much as we ooh and ahh over her photos, most of us realize that life with Maeve won't be a cake-walk, and we hope she finds an owner with your patience and skill. (But oh, today's photos are priceless! :-)

I will trade you Maeve for my foster Ike. He is 7months-ish old, looks like Yoda and would be one hell of an agility dog. I have to work very hard to keep him from jumping for toys, over the couch, and joyfully into people's laps. He is wicked smart (show him once with a clicker and he has it), loves ball and frisbee, and here is the best part:HE HAS AWESOME DOG & PEOPLE INTERACTION SKILLS.

There are only 4 photos of Ike on your flickr. And does he ever open his eyes? He's got neat ears, but he looks like a double merle breeding. Mostly white dogs are my least favourite colour pattern, I admit. I bet he places easy though! He's so tiny!

Ike does have his eyes open in one picture. They're blue and look normal. I wonder if he really is double merle - the patches of pigment almost look brindled, but it's hard to tell. Is he red? Are those color patches on his nose liver or black? He's certainly very smiley.

I read Maeve's listing. I have to say that I feel I would know exactly what I am getting when you write listings. With so many listings I have ten million questions -- does "would prefer to be an only dog" mean he has killed a housemate dog in the past? Does "would prefer a retired couple" mean separation anxiety from hell? So many try to sugarcoat or give so little information there can be no good match made. Your listings are a model I wish more would follow.

I showed this entry to my husband and now we are using "read my teeth" in daily conversation. Really. There are so many wonderful opportunities to enhance meaning with a thoughtful introduction of "read my teeth".

More Photos of My Dogs

Because, well, really

What People Think of Three Woofs And A Woo

i don't want you to go back to work, either, because i imagine this means you won't be updating your blog quite as often! :(

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(i admit it, i am addicted to your blog - i always have it open on a tab in my Firefox window.)"

-MahnaMahna

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